Senior Software Development Engineer

Senior Software Engineer I (Python & AI)
Are you ready for the next step in your engineering career?
We are strengthening our software engineering team to modernise our existing application stack, powering one of LexisNexis Intellectual Property’s flagship AI products, LexisNexis® Classification. The team modernises the application with new features and functions to enrich the users' experience, as well as implementing research from our in-house data science team at scale. This is an opportunity to be a key part of a team that works on modern, cloud native infrastructure and become an essential part of building the new product architecture.
We expect this team to work across multiple technologies around a core, including Angular, Python, C#/.Net, SQL, AWS (EKS, S3, Lambda, CDK, etc.), Applied AI/ML libraries and frameworks.

We are hiring Software Engineers to work on modernising and enhancing a key product, LexisNexis® Classification. This product uses AI to read millions of patents globally and pull the relevant patents into custom categories that are relevant to the specific technology areas users define.
You will be a key part of a small, highly skilled agile team, with ownership over the mission and your development practices and processes. Delivering AI-powered features.
Creating performance- and cost-optimised services.
Assisting in writing and reviewing portions of detailed specifications for the development of moderately complex system components.
Participating in development processes, coding best practices, and code reviews.
Mentoring junior developers on coding best practices (TDD, code hygiene, etc.)
Operating in various development environments (Agile, Kanban, etc.) Demonstrate experience working with Python and/or C# (experience in both is highly desirable).
Experience with AWS or similar cloud providers, including knowledge of running cost-effective serverless architecture.
Understand Software Engineering techniques and processes.
Experience with PyTorch, Scikit-learn, Go, JavaScript, Azure Pipelines, and Databricks is desirable, but not essential.
Experience of participation in software engineering efforts for AI-enabled SaaS products is desirable, but not essential.

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.
~ Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.


Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days.
Health screening, eye care vouchers and private medical benefits
Wellbeing programs
Life assurance
Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme
Save As You Earn share option scheme.
Travel Season ticket loan.
Electric Vehicle Scheme
Optional Dental Insurance
Maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave
Employee Assistance Programme
Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children
Access to the employee discounts scheme via Perks at Work

At LexisNexis Intellectual Property (LNIP), we believe that whenever a person works on a patent and understands the future trajectory of a specific technology, that person has the potential to fundamentally change how society operates. We enable innovators to accomplish more by helping them make informed decisions, be more productive, comply with regulations, and ultimately achieve superior results. By harnessing the latest advances in machine learning combined with expert analysis, LexisNexis Intellectual Property is disrupting how actionable insight is extracted from patent data.